New Jersey is Home to America’s Safest Drivers, New Report Claims
Trenton, NJ – If you live in New Jersey or have ever driven through New Jersey, you might have just raised your eyebrows, but a new study actually suggests New Jersey is…
Rise in Home Invasions Sparks New Jersey Bill to Protect Homeowners who Use Deadly Force Against Attacks
TRENTON, NJ – Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia of District 24 (Morris, Sussex, and Warren) and Assemblyman Al Barlas of District 40 (Bergen, Essex, and Passaic) have jointly sponsored Bill A4242, known as the…
New Jersey Seeks to Repeal Annual Mail-In Ballot Automatic Renewal
New Jersey Assembly Introduces Bill A4236 to Revise Mail-in Voting Procedures TRENTON, NJ – Assemblywoman Dawn Fantasia of District 24 (Morris, Sussex, and Warren) has sponsored Bill A4236, which aims to amend…
For 25 Years, This New Jersey Woman Cashed Her Dead Aunt’s Social Security Checks
NEWARK, NJ — Janis Miller, a 77-year-old resident of South Orange, New Jersey, has been indicted for wire fraud after allegedly stealing over $1 million in federal retirement benefits intended for her…
Governor Murphy Announces Special Election to Fill Seat of Deceased Congressman
TRENTON, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy has issued a writ of election for New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District following the death of U.S. Representative Donald M. Payne Jr. on April 24. The…
Man Indicted and Arrested for Conspiracy to Kill Persons in a Foreign Country and Firearms Violations
According to court documents, the government alleges that on August 16, 2023, Lara-Martínez arranged to rent a car in the Dominican Republic. On August 18, 2023, Lara-Martínez flew from Logan International Airport,…
West Virginia Ambulance Services Business Owner Convicted of Tax Crimes
According to evidence presented at trial, from 2012 through part of 2017, Smyth operated Stat EMS, LLC, an ambulance service located in Pineville, West Virginia. Smyth created Stat EMS after a previous…
Milwaukee Men Sentenced to Federal Prison for Pharmacy Robberies and Firearms Offenses
According to public court filings, Robert K. Love (age 30) and Theodore D. Smith (age 31) carried out an armed robbery of a pharmacy in Milwaukee on November 3, 2021. Days later,…
Ghanaian National Sentenced to 48 Months’ Imprisonment for Receiving Money Stolen from Romance Scam Victims
Breon Peace, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, and Ivan J. Arvelo, Special Agent-in-Charge, Homeland Security Investigations, New York (HSI), announced the sentence. Earlier today, at the federal…
Justice Department Strengthens Efforts, Builds Partnerships to Address the Crisis of Missing or Murdered Indigenous Persons
In recognition of MMIP Awareness Day, Attorney General Merrick B. Garland announced stepped up efforts to tackle the MMIP and human trafficking crisis in American Indian and Alaska Native communities, and other…
Violent criminals sentenced to federal prison for 2020 crime spree
According to information presented in court, on Oct. 3, 2020, Brian Deboris Black, 33, Jason Von Brown, 44, and Kenneth Holt, 44, robbed a Dollar General store in Tom Bean, Texas. During…
Honduran National Sentenced for Being an Illegal Alien in Possession of a Firearm
According to court documents, on April 26, 2023, the Mandeville Police Department responded to a call by an individual who advised them that her ex-boyfriend, SANCHEZ-MORADEL, was trying to enter her residence…
New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Sexual Exploitation of Children
According to court documents, acting on a complaint made by a minor resident in Rhode Island, law enforcement executed several lawful search warrants. These warrants were focused on social media accounts, electronic…
Former Wise County man sentenced for income tax-related fraud
Kenneth Edward Jackson, 47, pleaded guilty to false statements on income tax return and was sentenced to 36 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Schroeder, III on May…
District Man Indicted on Enhanced Second-Degree Theft for Theft from CVS in Southwest
McEachin will be arraigned on May 20, 2024 before a Superior Court judge. WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, May 1, 2024, Ernest McEachin, 39, of Washington, D.C., was indicted by a…
U.S. Attorney Darcie N. McElwee Provides Statement on Illicit Marijuana Grow Operations in Maine
Local law enforcement has our full support: The U.S. Attorney’s Office and multiple federal agencies, including the DEA, FBI, Homeland Security Investigations, and IRS, have been actively and directly working with local…
Texas Man Admits Stealing $319,000 from Armored Car
On June 16, 2022, Malik Johnson broke into an armored truck that was parked at the Overland Plaza shopping center while the driver was picking up cash from a retailer there. Johnson…
KC Man Sentenced to 21 Years for Fentanyl Conspiracy That Resulted in Overdose Death
Dmitry Cattell, 24, was sentenced by U.S. Chief District Judge Beth Phillips on Thursday, May 2, to 21 years in federal prison without parole. KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Mo.,…
Sterling Heights Man Charged with Multiple Counts of Aggravated Assaults of Federal Officers While Resisting Arrest
Ison was joined in the announcement by Cheyvoryea Gibson, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI in Michigan. DETROIT –Carl Emerson Travis, 52, of Sterling Heights, Michigan, was indicted by a federal…
Hernando Man Sentenced To 14 Years In Prison For Destruction Of Evidence And Accessing With Intent To View Child Sexual Abuse Material
According to testimony and evidence presented at trial, on March 9, 2023, the FBI executed a search warrant at Diaz’s home seeking evidence of child exploitation. When the FBI announced their presence,…
Rhode Island Man Admits to Shipping Fentanyl to Australia
Felix Suarez, 25, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl; two counts of attempt to distribute a controlled substance; unlawful export of a controlled substance;…
